Preschool Games

1. Count us In http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games.htm
15 interactive games which teach math skills. Can download each to your computer so students can play offline. Students need basic computer skills – mouse click and drag, keyboard. Game 15 Volume The player has to judge the volume of different vessels. Game 12 - Chance Objective: The player has to guess which box contains the surprise star. Game 1 - Sheep Counting Objective: The player has to move the sheep from left to right until there are the same number of sheep in each paddock. There are lots of different ways the player can do this, over and over again (teaches number representation) .
2. BBC Interactive songs allow students to click on drums, tambourines and other instruments and play along with the music: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/singasong/jukebox.shtml My favorite - Koala Brothers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/singasong/jukebox.shtml under Karoke
Musical instruments, animals, movement. A game which teaches names of animals, musical instruments and movements. Student picks animal, instrument and movement and watches and listens to the results: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/funandgames/makemunchmovemachine/index.shtml
The recipe game teaches foods (need to drag with mouse) http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/funandgames/makemunchmovemachine/index.shtml
3. CBC Kids Literacy skills– http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc/ Princess Patty’s post office – write a letter. Audio instructions no reading needed. Coloring (Art machine), Sticker Park Explorer, pond, woods, and more.
4. Starfall http://www.starfall.com/ Gingerbread – colors, shapes (rectangles, circles, spheres) Earth Day – recycling. Pumpkin – shapes – good audio with these. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f is all letter sounds.
5. Literacy Center http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm# Click on Parents & Teachers tab to show list of all the lessons and printable worksheets. I like Colors, writing and numbers and shapes – really good! There are 8 different activities to learn numbers.
6. PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/boohbah/boohbah.html Movement, sounds, feel good. Click on Parents and Teachers to read the educational aspect- student just like these activities. Can work independently. Discovery learning – click and explore. No words or instructions. Part of the wonderful http://pbskids.org/ site. Also excellent - http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ a PBS site with fun games. Some too hard and require reading skills, but Pounce and A.B. Cow are fun. Pounce teaches words and sounds, A.B. Cow teaches keyboarding and alphabet skills (need to know their letters). Stories do not have audio.
7. Sesame Street http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ stories with audio, games arranged by learning task. Tons of great activities. 9 characters, 4-9 activities for each – a rich site good for hours of fun and learning. Show http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=12529198 story in Elmo’s classroom.
8. Noggin http://www.noggin.com/games/index.php site for preschoolers – Pinky’s word game, create a story with 64 Zoo Street, make a video, play an ABC game, get ingredients for a salad, counting, who has more – great site.
9. Little G http://little-g.com/shockwave/loading.html 20+ games for preschoolers teach math, counting, money, sorting, matching, create a story, learn about tolerance, and more. Some students will need help with at first. All short and simple one concept games.
10. Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/ Students visit museums, aquariums, the airport, zoo, garden and other places and identify what is found in each place. Good audio instructions – can use this independently.
11. Game Goo http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html GameGoo: Learning That Sticks lots of activities with audio instructions so students can work independently. Several levels including beginning. Teaches such as alphabetic order, letter recognition, letter-sound correspondence, and spelling. Demo Tina’s World Real or Make-believe.
12. Get Ready to Read http://www.getreadytoread.org/content/view/101/317/ really good video/audio stories with interactivity built in.
13. Primary Games http://www.primarygames.com/games.htm a hundred or more games which teach math, math, science, language arts, social studies, and more. Will need help until they find a few favorites they can navigate to.
14. Jigzone http://www.jigzone.com/g.php?AD20D4A.92B825&z=6&v=164438 wonderful site with dozens of puzzles – builds mouse skills.
15. Meddybumps http://www.meddybemps.com/preschool.html games and activities to teach counting, sorting, fine motor skills, color, social and emotional skills, matching, observation and discussion. http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/index.html is Chateau Meddybemps: Fun With Letters – a site highly rated by the International Reading Association. Not an independent site.
16. Candle Light Stories http://www.candlelightstories.com/Movies.asp short story telling movies for kids. This site has audio and text (no pictures) from a lot of stories: http://www.lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html
17. Boowakwala http://www.boowakwala.com/ Overwhelming in its riches – I like this one: http://www.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-adventures-ducks-ducksong.html 400+ games and new ones each day. Sorting games – choose from 11 – Birds on a Wire – harder – shells easy http://www.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-navigation-gamesindex.html
18. Nick Jr. http://www.nickjr.com/kids/flash_site/index.jhtml Problem solving role playing games, stories, lots here. Dora the Explorer, Dora’s fairy Tale – takes awhile to load - click twice - http://www.nickjr.com/playtime/cats/stories/all_stories/dora_fairytale.jhtml interactive with audio instructions and little games to play.
19. Kid’s Space http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/menu.html You can record sounds by clicking on the Record button and then objects or animals in the picture and then click on Play to hear your creation. Ex. Sounds of the Street http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/2/21.html
20. Fun with Spot http://www.funwithspot.com/house.asp?locale=US – Eric Hill books – two animated books. Matching farm animas game, send a postcard (with help) from the beach – lots to do! Spot Digs a Hole - http://www.funwithspot.com/bsPages.asp?menuCode=BS&subMenuCode=BK
21. Play Kid’s Games http://www.playkidsgames.com/ Math, alphabet, vocabulary, memory, geography and puzzle games. Whack the mole alphabet game is fun – have to whack the letters held by moles in order. http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/wam/default.htm
22. Thomas and Friends http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_official_us_website_intro.htm Thomas and friends website. Building games, puzzles, memory games. Build an engine fun or Building game (Legos): http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/building.html Some games have written instructions – students may need help at first.
23. Audio Picture books – illustrated with printed and audio words.
The brave and Bold Little Squirrel http://www.incwell.com/Fiction/Kids/Brave/index.html
A walk in the woods: http://www.incwell.com/Fiction/Kids/Woods/index.html
Three Tiger Aki books http://www.asiabigtime.com/storybooks/aki_menu.html
24. Mighty Books Sing alongs, books and stories, games and more. – audio stories – the word is highlighted in red as it is said aloud The Muffin Man (under Free Stories and Songs) (Hit Stop twice) http://www.mightybook.com/MightyBook_free/free_index.html
25. Kiddles http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/subject.html song lyrics and instrumental music for many songs
26. Sing along and play musical instruments: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/singasong/jukebox.shtml
27. Blind or visually impaired http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/storytime/stories/debbieduck/

28. Surf the net with kids http://www.surfnetkids.com/– great sites – tons there.

29-32. Classic Sites:
EduPuppy http://www.edupuppy.com
Mister Rogers Neighborhood http://pbskids.org/rogers/
Playhouse Disney http://disney.go.com/playhouse/today/index.html
Teletubbies http://pbskids.org/teletubbies/teletubbyland.html